Dash-operated automobile-radiator cover.



F. LA GLUVER. DASH OPRATEDyAUTOMOBLl- RADIATOR COVER.v APPLICATION HLED DEC. 27, 1915.

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.FRANK L. GLOVER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T GLOVEE EQUIPMENTl COMPANY, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A. CORPORATION OF INDIANA DASH-OPERATED AUTOMOBILE-RADIATOR COVER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application tiled December 27, 1915. Serial No. 68,860.

' To whom t may concern a citizen of the United States,.resi'ding at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have .invented certain new ated Automobile-Radiator Covers,-of which the following is a specification.

" The object of this invention is to provide are running.

` particularly where self-starters are used for.

a radiator hood for motor vehicles' which may be set to retain the heat when the englne of theV vehicle is' standing idle, and whichmay be readily adjusted to a more or less open condition when the engine is runnlng and also when the engine and vehicle rnnother object is to provide means made by an operator while 'seated in the vehicle, thereby obviating the inconvenience,

startingvgjsheengine without hand cranking, of going the front of the machine where the radiator is located.

Fig. 4 is a-section the same as Fig. 8 of a' A further object of the invention is to .provide a simple and durable device of the above character, which can be manufac wtured at small cost andinsta'lled easily on any of the motor vehicles now in use.

I accomplish the above objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which* Figure 1is a perspective view of a motor vehicle hood and radiator with my invention applied in operative position thereto.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the rear side of.

the dash shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal secton of my improved hood on the line 3 3 of Fig. l, detached from the 'radiator .and on aularger scale than in Fig. 1.

and useful yImprovements in DaslrOper# whereby this adjustment vmay be readily ric or` leather sheets 7 and 8 ofthe ull area Be it known that I, FRA`NK L. GLovER,'

of the front, and is held in position between the latter vby stitching the sheets 7 and 8 together at the margin of the metalplate 6 as shown by the dotted line 9, Fig. 1. .The

member covering the top and sides ofthe ra d iator comprises a double thickness of Afabrlc or leather 10, 10, between which is a illing'll, of asbestos or other non-conductor of heat., all of said 'parts being united by stitches indicated bythe dotted lines 12, 13 and 14. This member is united with the member for the front of the hood by ahinge-strip v15,.which is preferably a single thicknessY of fabric or leather sewed to both of them by stitches indicated by the dottedl line -14 and 16. This provides ,a exible hinge which affords an appreciable range portance in a commercial sense as it enables me to fit a widen'range of motor vehicles with a smaller assortment of hood-sizes than would otherwise be possible.

The member covering the top and sides' of the radiator iis' reinforced atthe top with a membervl', for additional strength where the material is cutout for the passage of the radiator cap. The bottom of the hood is secured in rontby a pair of straps 17 which buckle around the crank shaft 18, and it-is secured at the sides by wires 19, having loops at one end by whichtll'ey are riveted to the side members of the hood.

of adjustment between said two principal plied to radiators varying somewhat ins'ize K These wires are bent aroundta lamp-post, .l

bolt or any conveniently projecting portion of the "frame of the car.

To provide ventilation through the front,

member of the hood,that is, a circulation of air to and through the radiator to cool its waten contents, I provide openings 20which radiate from the neighborhood of,the center of the ,'front member of the hood. The center is left intact to support a bolt 21 of a damper 22, which oscillates on said bolt.

The damper comprises a metal yplate 23 -which is covered on both sides by a layer of leathenor fabric 24, 24, stitched together around the margin ofthe plate. "I hls darn` per has slots corresponding 1n size shape and 4location with". the openings 20v of the` -front member of the hood, and the 'slots' of f the two members will be brought more or less into register by a rotary adjustment of the damper toregulnte the size ot' the uit' passages.

While the dnmi'ier may be moved by hand by un operator standing,r close to the rudiator, I have provided means` for adjusting from the bunk ot the flush. Thil comprises u rod 2G which busses througli the flush 27 amil throughthel1oo l2ti,:1nrltheueethrough the radiator (through one ot the ventilator openings therein) :inil through the. front member of the howl. A eriink-:irui 2) on the projecting front encl of the rofl is eonnei-teil by n Iinli'lmr 3U, with zi pin sented in the hunner (ln the other enel ot' the roil :fil is u lever 3l, preferably ot resilient metal which' is strained to enlise the lever to eontiict the uotel'ies of a, segmental ruck 32, between ity unil the flush. By rocking' thel roil 2li the rlninper. 22 muy be partially rotuteiil ,to open or close the front openings in the hood, unil any 'givenadjustinent muy be retained by engagement of the lever 31 in its rnc".

Having thus full)r described my invention what Ielniin is new and wish to secure, by Letters Patent of the Uniteil States, is-

A supplemental hood for motor-cnr ruiliutorn comprisingr :i front meniber formed of two flexible sheets :inrl u metil] sheet, of less uren secureil by stitching the flexible sheets together :it theinmrgin of the nietul sheet, u, member for the toi unil sides of the ruilintor eomprising' :i puir ot' flexible sheet` :incl n sheet olr noneoiuluetiug' umteriiil between them. unil u hinge member of flexible mii teninl connecting,r sniil front member.

lin witness whereof, l. have hereunto `nel; my hunil unil seal :it Indianapolis, Indiana, this -lrl :luy of December, A. l). one thousund nine hundred und fifteen.

FRANK L. GLoVn im] sniil lust member with. 

